US7212870B1 - Dual helix active fixation stimulation lead - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to implantable leads for medical devices which provide stimulating pulses to selected body tissue, for example, the heart, and more particularly, to an implantable stimulation lead having a bipolar active fixation electrode for pacing and sensing electrical activity in the heart.
- Pacing leads having at least two electrodes adjacent to the distal end are used for bipolar pacing, as well as for providing sensory information to an attached cardiac pacemaker.
- bipolar pacing leads are either active or passive fixation, the former using tines typically, and the latter using a screw mechanism.
- a bipolar active fixation lead can have its helical screw be one of its electrodes and a ring electrode spaced from the distal end of the pacing lead as its second electrode. The spacing between the two electrodes is usually dependent upon the physical constraints attendant with the design of the distal end of the lead and its materials. However, it is beneficial to have the two electrodes very close together, particularly for sensing differences in the electrical signals in the heart.
- the design and proximity of the electrodes can be such as to enhance the electrical signal sensing capability of the bipolar lead to allow improved discrimination of the sensed signals.
- abnormal electrical activity such as ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation results in electrical signals having differing characteristics.
- ventricular tachycardia may produce electrical potentials much higher than normal sinus rhythm.
- ventricular fibrillation may produce electrical potentials which are smaller than that of normal sinus rhythm signals.
- electrical potentials also vary whether the signals are normal sinus rhythm signals or due to atrial tachycardia or fibrillation.
- the ability of a pacing lead to discriminate between the signals is at least partially dependent upon the spacing between the two electrodes.
- the ability to sense the electrical potential across a small area within the myocardial tissue would be very beneficial in allowing a pacing system to discriminate between the various electrical signals within the heart.
- minimizing the spacing between the electrodes used for bipolar sensing would also minimize the sensing of “far field” electrical signals generated elsewhere in the heart or from, for example, nearby skeletal muscles.
- the bipolar active fixation electrode may include a pair of coaxial electrodes, separated by an intermediate insulator, formed into the shape of a helix.
- the bipolar electrode helix is preferably advanceable from a distal end of the bipolar pacing lead.
- the outer electrode is removed, so that the intermediate insulator and the inner electrode extend from the outer electrode, spacing the two electrodes a distance of between 0.1 and 5.0 mm.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,397,109 discloses an implantable lead system that includes a coronary sinus stent supporting multiple electrodes, the stent structure kept in its compressed form while introduced into the access vein, then expanded, dilating a bifurcation of the lead and pushing the electrodes against the cardiac walls.
- a suitable pre-curvature is imparted to the lead body along its length to enable ease of positioning of the lead structure in the coronary sinus.
- an implantable lead for use with an implantable medical device and includes a lead body with first and second electrical conductors extending between its proximal and distal ends.
- An electrical connector at the proximal end of the lead body includes terminals electrically connected to the first and second conductors.
- First and second coaxial active fixation helices are coupled to the lead body's distal end, one being an anode, the other a cathode.
- Each helix has an outer peripheral surface that is uninsulated in one embodiment or partially insulated to various extents, in other embodiments.
- Other embodiments utilize insulation that can be alternating insulated and un-insulated portions along its length with about a half of the surface area being insulated.
- the un-insulated portions of the helices may be formed as a plurality of islands in the insulated portions, or as rings spaced by insulative rings, or as longitudinally extending strips spaced by longitudinally extending insulative strips.
- active fixation bipolar cardiac pacing and/or sensing leads typically utilize a helix for the fixation of the lead's distal tip to endocardial tissue, at various sites either in the right ventricle or in the right atrium.
- One property of such leads is that they commonly use the helix as an active electrode, usually the cathode, whereas the anode electrode is typically ring shaped, typically positioned 8 to 28 mm proximal to the helix tip electrode.
- Such leads are very commonly used for right atrial pacing and sensing because they are so effective at remaining secure at the site the implanting physician wants. However, such leads can easily also sense far field R-wave signals or other far-field signals.
- the anode ring electrode may be positioned in the blood pool and thereby the local sensed P-Wave signal can potentially be attenuated to be too low for the device to effectively use the signals to assist in operating the various algorithms.
- the local P-wave may also be more prone to morphology, frequency content, and amplitude variation due to the anode ring electrode's variation in its orientation to the atrial endocardium.
- a drawback to this current design approach would be that, in some cases, the sensing of the local P-wave may be too extensively compromised or varied to be useful.
- the helix fixation is actually of a dual helix/dual electrode construction, on the same axis, where one helix is the cathode and the other helix is an anode.
- the anode helix can be a fully active helix bearing no insulation (for example, having about a 2 mm extension, with two turns, using 0.012 in diameter wire, and having a surface area of about 8 sq. mm).
- the cathode helix can be identical in physical size to the anode helix, but a portion of it, specifically, the proximal portion, may be insulated so that the active surface area is about 3 or 4 sq. mm.
- This helix could also have about half of the surface masked-off in a way such that the entire cathode helix has small sections along its length intermittently insulated and un-insulated, creating a “full” length helix but with only about half the active surface area.
- Such dimensions and designs assure that the typical pacing impedance should always be at least 500 to 600 ohms or higher.
- various insulation amounts could be selectively used on either the anode helix or the cathode helix at various locations, so as to tailor the pacing impedance and/or sensing and/or stimulation characteristics to achieve various attributes or meet various requirements.
- the electrode's active surfaces would also utilize highly electrically efficient coatings such as titanium nitride (TiN). Importantly, this design assures that both electrodes are actually embedded in the myocardium. This feature allows for improved, more uniform sensing and pacing.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a heart with a portion cut away to reveal an implantable lead assembly, which may embody an illustrative embodiment, secured therein to a wall of the heart;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an implantable lead in combination with a stimulating device such as a pacemaker;
- FIG. 3 is a cross section view taken generally along line 3 — 3 in FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a detail elevation view of a distal end of a lead and specifically illustrating an electrode assembly according to one illustrative embodiment
- FIG. 4A is a detail elevation view of a distal end of a modified lead and specifically illustrating an electrode assembly which has no insulation on either of the helices;
- FIG. 4B is a detail elevation view of a distal end of another modified lead and specifically illustrating an electrode assembly which has insulation only on a portion of the anode electrode helix;
- FIG. 5 is a detail perspective view of another embodiment in the form of an electrode configured as straight wire before being formed to the helix configuration
- FIG. 6 is a detail perspective view of still another embodiment in the form of an electrode configured as straight wire before being formed to the helix configuration
- FIG. 7 is a detail elevation view of a distal end of a lead and specifically illustrating another electrode assembly
- FIG. 8 is a detail elevation view of a distal end of a lead and specifically illustrating still another electrode assembly.
- FIG. 9 is a detail elevation view of a distal end of a lead and specifically illustrating yet another electrode assembly.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a diagrammatic perspective view partially cut away and shown in section of a heart 10 into the right ventricle 12 of which is inserted a body implantable lead 14 of the endocardial type incorporating features of the present invention.
- the lead 14 of an active fixation design may be attached to an interior wall 16 of the heart 10 by means of an active fixation helical electrode assembly 18 which is fixated by screwing the helical electrode assembly through the heart's endocardium into the heart's myocardium. It will be understood that such a lead could also be fixated by screwing the helical electrode assembly through the exterior or epicardial surface of the heart into the heart's myocardium.
- the lead 14 also includes an insulating sheath 20 interconnecting the electrode assembly 18 at a distal end 22 of the lead 14 , secured to the heart's interior wall 16 , and an electrical connector 24 at a proximal end 26 to which can be attached a source of electrical energy such as a pacemaker 28 ( FIG. 2 ).
- a stylet 30 is illustrated inserted within the insulating sheath 20 and may be used with the aid of a proximal manipulating device 32 to provide rigidity to the lead 14 during insertion of the lead into the heart 10 .
- the manipulating device 32 is distant from the distal tip end of the lead and may be a finger grip at a proximal extremity of the stylet 30 provided for controlling the introduction of the stylet into the lead 14 and its subsequent withdrawal.
- the invention is an improvement over current bipolar active fixation leads, utilizing most of the components of current leads, except that the lead of the invention has no anode ring electrode. Instead, the helix fixation is actually a dual helix/dual electrode assembly, on the same axis, where one helix is the cathode and the other helix is an anode.
- the electrode assembly 18 includes first and second active fixation helices 34 , 36 , respectively, coupled to the distal end of the lead body in a coaxial relationship.
- the first active fixation helix 34 is an anode and the second active fixation helix 36 is a cathode.
- first and second conductors 38 (anode conductor), 40 (cathode conductor) ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ) electrically interconnect each of the active fixation electrodes 34 , 36 and first and second terminals 44 (anode terminal), 42 (cathode terminal), respectively, of the electrical connector 24 .
- the conductors are seen to be received within lumina 46 , 48 , respectively, of the insulating sheath 20 which, thereby serves to electrically separate the respective conductors of the active fixation helices 34 , 46 .
- the lead's electrode assembly 18 may be fixated into tissue or retracted from tissue by turning a screwdriver configured stylet (not shown) which turns the lead and its helix electrode assembly 18 about its longitudinal axis.
- the two helices may be fixedly exposed and the whole lead body rotated manually clockwise to fixate the helices into cardiac tissue (or counterclockwise to unscrew the two helices from cardiac tissue).
- Still another known approach for helix fixation is to cover the helices with a substance such as Mannital or PEG (polyethyleneglycol), which protects vasculature tissue from the helices' sharp tips during the lead's venous insertion, which dissolves or melts shortly after the lead tip is at the appropriate implant site. Then the exposed helices can then be screwed into the cardiac tissue by rotating the lead body.
- FIG. 4A illustrates another embodiment of the invention in which a distal end 22 A of a modified electrode assembly 18 A including first and second active fixation helices 34 A, 36 A is totally free of insulation on their outer peripheral surfaces.
- helix 34 A is an anode and helix 36 A is a cathode.
- a distal end 22 B of a modified electrode assembly 18 B includes a first active fixation helix 34 B totally free of insulation on its outer peripheral surface while a second active fixation helix 36 B is insulated on at least a portion of its outer peripheral surface.
- helix 34 B is an anode and helix 36 B is a cathode.
- FIG. 4 construction is desirable, a more favorable construction would be one in which the surface area of the cathode, at least, would be reduced to about three or four mm 2 so as to be adequate to assure that pacing impedance would be at least about 500 to 600 ohms.
- a more favorable construction would be one in which the surface area of the cathode, at least, would be reduced to about three or four mm 2 so as to be adequate to assure that pacing impedance would be at least about 500 to 600 ohms.
- FIG. 5 that is, while an electrode 50 is configured as straight wire before being formed to the helix configuration of FIG. 4 , about half of its outer peripheral surface 52 is insulated and about half of the outer peripheral surface is un-insulated.
- the noninsulated portions 54 of the outer peripheral surface 52 coated with an insulative material are formed as a plurality of electrically active rings spaced by a plurality of electrically insulated rings 56 , perhaps ceramic, titanium nitride (TiN) being a most suitable material for purposes of the invention.
- the insulative coatings may be sputter deposited ceramic material or applied by masking the outer peripheral surface 52 with fine, painted-on polymer, or by the application of ceramic material which is burned on or fused onto the outer peripheral surface 52 .
- an electrode 58 has an outer peripheral surface 60 , again with alternating insulated and un-insulated portions, but in this instance, they are formed as a plurality of electrically active, or un-insulated, longitudinally extending strips 62 spaced by a plurality of electrically insulated longitudinally extending strips 64 , again coated with a suitable insulative material.
- a modified electrode assembly 18 AA includes first and second active fixation helices 34 AA, 36 AA, each having an outer peripheral surface 66 , 68 , respectively, with alternating insulated portions 70 and un-insulated portions 72 .
- the un-insulated portions 72 are formed as a plurality of islands in a sea of the insulated portions 70 of the outer peripheral surfaces 66 , 68 coated with a suitable insulative material.
- a modified electrode assembly 18 BB includes first and second active fixation helices 34 BB, 36 BB, each having an outer peripheral surface 74 , 76 , respectively, with alternating insulated portions 78 and un-insulated portions 80 .
- the first active fixation helix 34 BB has a proximal portion 78 of its outer peripheral surface insulated and a distal portion 80 of its outer peripheral surface un-insulated.
- the second active fixation helix 36 BB has a proximal portion 82 of its outer peripheral surface un-insulated and a distal portion 84 of its outer peripheral surface insulated.
- a modified electrode assembly 18 C includes first and second active fixation helices 34 C, 36 C, each having an outer peripheral surface 86 , 88 , respectively.
- the first active fixation helix 34 C has a proximal portion 90 of its outer peripheral surface insulated and a distal portion 92 of its outer peripheral surface un-insulated.
- the second active fixation helix 36 C has a proximal portion 94 of its outer peripheral surface insulated and a distal portion 96 of its outer peripheral surface un-insulated.
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